Julienne called while I was at the Patek store
“Ma, I’m here, where are you?”
Patek….
I went out of the store immediately after she called. Nagkasalubong kami about 7 meters away.
“I want to go also”
So balik kami, usyoso ulit. The store assistant was about to put the Nautilus back to the display case.
“May I see that …. oh wow, that’s nice”. Oh I like that color better……….”
(Manang-mana sa Ina).
I trained my children not to be shy about entering expensive stores and looking at expensive stuffs. Libre namang tumingin. Dreaming is free either.
We went out after five minutes.
“Mom, Is it okay if I make a Christmas Wish request? Is it too early”
No, it’s already September, see… there are Christmas decorations na.
So what is your Christmas wish?
“I want a wallet”
Ha? wallet? why don’t you buy, you can always buy a wallet.
“I want a wallet. You bought me a wallet when I was still in first year college and it’s so worn out na. But I like it a lot except it’s old and … (She took out her 9 year old Coach wallet from her bag and opened it)
“Ma, I want something like this, with the zipper, slots for credit card. Remember your friends, Chian, Mr. Varela, Mr. Ortiz-Luis, Anton, etc. they brought us to a place selling stuff…. I found this and you paid six hundred pesos for it which was a lot that time”.
Eh why don’t you buy a new one…
“No mom, wallets should not be bought for yourself, it should be a gift from someone”.
Oh, same with wristwatches… it should be a gift. Mothers are not supposed to buy watches. That’s good, let’s have a Kris Kringle. Let’s exchange gifts. I’ll buy you the wallet, you buy me the watch…
“MOM!!!”
laughs laughs.
Anak, let’s eat first then let’s start looking for your wallet.
“Okay, I’m excited”.
Instead of going to a restaurant in Greenbelt we haven’t tried before, we went to one of our favorites, Chateau 1771. I always ordered Gambaseti but this time I tried something else.
Gambas
Julienne’s dessert
This is the only dessert I ordered at Chateau, Lemon meringue forever.
After our meal, we walked to the Balenciaga store and checked-out their wallets. Bingo… instant match…
She liked the blue color, the configuration, it has a zipper for coins, card slots, and etc.
Okay, let’s buy this na”
“Ma, it’s expensive, let’s go first to Ferragamo and Prada”
Naku anak, eto na lang… nice color, pang bata, and it’s a notch higher than Ferragamo and Prada”.
She was hesitating because of the price. To me, it saves us the effort of hopping from one store to another and then we wouldn’t find what she wants. Tapos baka pag balik namin sa Balenciaga eh nabili na, especially that it’s weekend, there would be people shopping”.
I decided eto na lang, at least I don’t have to worry about what to give her on Christmas. I took out my credit card and handed it over to the sales lady. I heard Suze Orman yelling at me “Stop, buy something cheaper”.
They requested for my ID but I don’t have an ID, I lost my drivers license two years ago and I haven’t replaced it yet. They accepted my card na rin.
We didn’t proceed to the other stores na baka mag-sisi pa kami.
We went to Khiel’s instead.
“Ma, I have P6,500 worth of free items, you may use it to buy something that you’ve always wanted but…”
Khiel’s products are good but soooo expensive. Shampoo is about a thousand pesos. Moisturizers are around three thousand. So P6,500 worth free? I wonder how much my daughter has spent in this store for them to give her P6,500 worth of free stuff?
Anak, how much have you spent here?
” I buy when it’s my birth month so the points are double”
Hmmmmm, parang malaki pa rin…
The blue wallet is inside the white Balenciaga supot
They gave me P7,000+ worth of Khiel’s products because they couldn’t find items that would total exactly P6,500.
“Mom, you got a rebate from the wallet”.
Oo nga, naka save ako.
When we got home, Julienne was so excited to show the wallet to her brother. I said no.
“Let’s show it to Dad”.
No!
Lalo na, mapagalitan pa ako ni Edmund, Ang bilin nya huwag ko na daw bibilhan ng mga gamit
Anak, sa Christmas na lang after we opened gifts.
